Delivery mechanism



B. T. HEADLEY AND n. l. nu Bols.A

DELIVERY MEGHANISM.

APPLICATIQN FILED MARv 28. |921.

1,425,962- Y PanteaAug. 15, 1922.

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3.1. HEADLEY AND'D. l. nu Bols.

DLIVERY MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28; 1921.

1,425,962, Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

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DELIVERY MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED IIIAII. 28. I92I.

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BENJAii/i'm T. HEADLEY AND DAVID ravin DU Bois, or MILLVIDLE, NEw'JEnsEY,

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DELIVERY MECHANISM. n

To all/whom it may concern/.

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN T. HEAD- Lnv and Devin IRvrN DU Bois, both citizens of the United States, residing at Millville, in the county of Cumberland and State of New Jersey, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Delivery Mechanism, Vof which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

An important object of the present invention is to automatically'removethe vials or blanks from a machine which has performed an operation thereon, and maintain the same in such relative positions that portions of different temperatures are prevented from coming into conta-ct. 1

Another object of the invention is to automatically receive vials or blanks from a vial working machine, and retain the same until the temperature conditions are such that the vials can be conveniently'handled.

Still another obj ect ofthe invention is to provide a mechanism for receiving, transferring, and delivering vials without any undue breakage losses. A further objectof thev invention is to provide a mechanism of the character referred to, which may be readily adjusted to accommodate vials of different lengths, and which may be readily applied tothe machine in connection with which it isused.

The foregoing and other .objects of the present invention, together with their'attendant advantages, will be apparent as the invention becomes better understood by ref-v erence to the accompanying specification and drawings forming a part thereof, it being premised that changes may be made inthel various details and manner of operation within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention. I

In the drawings :fl

Figure l is a vertical sectional Lview on the line -llvof' Figure 2, illustrating the delivery mechanism in operative relation to a vial working machine;

Figure?l is a front view of the mechanis illustrated in Figure l;

Figure?) is a transverse sectional View, on

Figure l y Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view on anv Speccatior. of Letters Patent.r Pittntd iug. 15, Application inea March se, 192i. seriai`1va45aosa an enlarged scale, on the.l line III-III A enlarged scale, and partly broken away," on

the line IV-IV of Figure 2; and

Figures 5 and 6 vare detailI perspective views of different portions ofthe mechanism.

At the present time it iscustomaryy tomake vials from tubular blanks` each 'of whichv .has a length slightly: greater-than twice the length of the finished vial. These- 'blanks are fed to a mechanism forproducing necks thereon, iffnecks l in the,A finished articles are desired, and then'fed to a mecha-` nism for heating the necked'blanks at theirv central portions, dividing the same, andthenl forming bottoms thereon., When unnecked vials are desired, theblanks are fed directly to a bottoming` machine without first 'being subjected to a necking operation. lt will be apparent that as the finished vials leave the bottoming mechanism they are considerably hotter at the bottom endsjthan at the neck ends, and it is essential inV order to prevent.v

cracking and breaking of the vials, to prevent the hot ends of the different vials from coming into contact with the cold `ends oflv other vials; At this. time also, the vials are.v too hot to be convcnientlvhandled manually, so that it is desirable to retain the same in the mechanism until a lpartial V,cooling has been effected. Thepresent Amechanism is adapted to advantageously Vand vautomatically take the finishedvials fromv the bottoming machine, rkeep the same in a definite, re lation, and retain the samel until thendesired cooling has been effected. f

Referring.. more particularly to there is illustrated av portion of the frame`2 of a-vial bottoming machine, khaving jourfj1 naled 'therein `in a transversely extending shaft 3 vcarrying any desired numberofsimif lar sprocket wheels 4. lAdapted to be moved by these'sprocket wheels, are endless carriers 5, preferably in the form'of endless.v chains,

apparent that the shaft 3 maybe operated in Figure-1,.

9,5.. upon which are blanky supports Gcarrying` i. rollers 7v for thevvial blanks BA., It will-be toming machine. The specific construction of the bottoming machine forms no part of the present invention, but is described and claimed in cti-pending'application Serial No. 338,179, tiled November 15, 1919. In Figure l `of the drawings, there is illustrated that portion of the ,bottoming machine which may be termed the delivery portion, at which the finished vials are adapted to be transferred to packing or storing room.

According to the present invention, there is attached tothe delivery -end` of the botto'ming machine a transfer mecl'ianism for the finished vials. This mechanism may comprise a series of transversely extending hars ,8 secured at' their opposite ends to portions of the frame 2 of the bottoming machine. Each of these bars has secured thereto a plurality of vertically extending guide strips 9, preferably mounted in spaced relation. =Cooperatinjg with each of the transversely .extending bars 8 are transversely extending angles 10, also havine" their ends secured vin'anyr desired manner to the frame of the bottoming machine, and carrying` at their. inner ends lil-shaped bars 11, Secured to the Vbars 11, in opposed relation to the guide strips 9, are guide strips 12. In order to permit variation or adjustment in the position of the guide strips, the itl-shaped bars 11 are prre'ferably each provided with a series of vertically extending slots 13 cooperatingwith bolts 14 extending therethrough, as clearlyy shown in Figure 4:. To permit further adjustment of the U-shaped bars to accommodate the delivery mechanism to vials of different diameters, the inner ends of each of the transversely extendingang'les 10 are provided with slots 15 through which extend the bolts 16 connected to the v[LJ-shaped bars. Due to this construction, it will be apparent that the relative positions of the guido strips may be adjusted as desired to accommodate the mechanism to the vials being' operated upon. At their upper ends, the guide 'strips 9 are curved rearwardly into such position that tliey cooperate with the supports to receive the vials -B therefrom as the carriers 5 are moved.y The guide strips 12 also have their upper ends curved rearwardly to form guards ,1,7 preventing the vials from leaving the vguide strips 9. At their lower ends, tlie sets of guidestrips are both curved in the opposite direction, the ends of the strips 9&.bein'g extended beyond the termination of the strips 12 to form an open topped pocket 18.

' For r'coope'rating with the ends of the vials "`th`ey are received from the bottoming ma- Y 'f 'the transversely eXtt-'Jnding bars k8 .o ryi'ix d gauge strips19 converging at their upper ends, as clearly illustrated in j,2. Gooperating with the gauge Steps ie are gauge espeso Carried. by aa justable brackets 21, whereby the distance between the gauge strips may be varied to accommodate vials of different lengths. At their upper ends the gauge strips 2O diverge to provide gradually flaring portions for the reception of the vials from the bottoming machine.

Secured in any desired manner to the frame 2 of the bottoming machine, adjacent the opposite sides thereof, are upwardly projecting bearings 22 in which is ournaled a Atransverse rock shaft 23. Secured tothe rock shaft 23 in such position as to extend between a'djacentpairs of guide strips, as clearly shown in Figure 2, are curved strippingiingers 241. F or holding these fingers in suchy position that the vials may pass freely into the storage and v*cooling chambers formed by the guide strips and gauge strips, there is secured to the shaft 23 an arm 25 to the lower end of which is attached one end of a tension spring 26 having its opposite end attached in any desired manner tothe frame of the bottoming machine. For rotating the rock shaft in a clockwise direction, as viewed in Figure 4L, against the action of the spring 2G, there is provided a. crank arm 2'5" cooperating with a link 2S, the opposite end of which is pivotally .connected to a plunger 29 reciprocably mounted in one of thel bearings 22. At its inner end, the plunger 29 is provided with an antifriction roller 30 adapted to bear against the cani face 31. This cam face may be secured in any 'desired manner to one end of a longitudinally extending shaft of thc bottoming machine, which may be operated in timed relation to the movement of the. shaft 3 and carriers 5. Due to this construction, it will be apparent that as the shaft 32 rotates it will bring different portions of the .cam face 31 successively into engagement with the antifriction roller 80, thereby reciprocating the plunger 29 and oscillating the curved stripping finger 2li- This linger will cooperate in turn with the vials B, which have left the supports on the endless carriers, and have passed into the storage and cooling chambers of the'delivery n iechanism, and will push the same toward the discharge endr ofsaid chambers.

ln order to prevent the too rapid movement of the vials through the storage 'and cooling chambers, the guide strips 12 may be provided at any desired points alone' their length with inwardly project-ing springlin- `gers 33 acting` to restrict the movement of the vials until their resiliency is overcome bythe weight of the accunmlatedvials thereabove; ln actual operation, it has been found desirable to rst fill each of the storage and cooling chambers manually before starting the bottomingl machine, although such action is not essential. j, ,n

It will be obvious that the'construction'of ery mechanism, they are cooled to such an i the fixed 'gauge strips 19l is such lthatthey tact with the hotterI` bottom ends, and cracking is thereby avoided.y vBy the time `the finished vials have traveled. through the storage, and. cooling -chambers in the delivextenttliat'they may be conveniently handled. lf desired, there may be placed below the pocket 18 formedwby the lower ends of the guide strips 9, a receptacle of any desired construction into which the blanks will be automatically discharged as fresh blanks are received by the upper end of the mechanisin.

The advantages of the present invention arise from the construction facilitating handling of the newly formed vials whereby portions of dierent temperatures are maintained out of contact.

Further advantages of the invention arise from the provision of elongatedy storage and cooling chambers permitting a substantial cooling of the vials before they are discharged therefrom.

We claim:

l. A delivery mechanism for vial working machines, comprising guide members forming a storage and cooling chamber, and means for transferring the vials from the vial working machine to said chamber, substantially as described.

`2. A delivery mechanism'for vial working machines, comprising guide members forming cooperating storage and cooling chambers, and means for transferring vials fromV the vial working machine into said chambers, substantially as described.

3. A delivery mechanism for vial working machines, comprising adjustable guide members forming a storage and cooling chamber, and means for transferring the vials from the vial working machine into said chamber, substantially as described.

4. A delivery mechanism` for vial working machines, comprising guide members and gauge members forming a storage and cooling chamber, means for adjusting cer-v tain of said members, and means for transferring the vials from the vial working machine into said chamber, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a vial working machine having means for carrying finished vials, of a delivery mechanism comprising a series of guide strips forming a storage and cooling chamber and having their-upper ends formed to cooperate with l'said means, substantially as described.

6. A delivery mechanism for vial working machines,,comprising a series of opposed guide strips, means for adjusting the position of certain of said strips, a plurality of gauge strips cooperating therewith, `and means for adjusting the position of certain of said gauge strips, ysubstantially..asde-. scribed. t v

7. A delivery lmechanism, for vial; working machines, `comprising guide strips fon-engagement with vthersides ofy the vials, 4and gruigestrips for `veiiga'gementwith'the Ibot-jA toms of 'the vials, saidl'gaugestrips ,having their upper ends convergingto engage and separate the heated lends of the vials, substantially as described. f zv 8. 'A deliveryinechanism-for vial work i0' machines, comprising means yfor ,engaging the sides of thedvials,means fonengaging the ends of the vials, said means forming storage and cooling chambers,vand means for retarding the travel of the vials through j said chambers, substantially as described.

A delivery mechanism` for vial working machines, comprising a series of guide strips :having their upper ends formed to cooperate with said machines` and receive finished v1 als therefrom and having their lower yendsv formed to provide pockets for said vials,

and gaugey strips cooperating therewith,

substantially as described.

lO. A delivery mechanism for vial y'workmachines, comprising means for engagey ment with the sides ofthe vials, means for engagement with the ends of the vials, said means forming storage and cooling rchamb rs for the finished vials, and a stripping finger cooperating` .with said means for forcing the vials through ysaid chambers, substantiallj,7 as described.

l1. A delivery mechanism for vial working machines, comprising meansfor engaging the sides of the vials, means` for enthe bottoms of the vials, said means ,forming a storage and cooling chamber for the finished vials, means for forcing the nished vials through said chamber, and means. retarding the travel of the vials therethrough, substantially 'as described.`

l2. The combination with a vial bottoming machine, of a delivery mechanism therefor comprising means for engaging the sides of the finished vials, means for engaging the bottoms of the finished vials, a stripping finger cooperating with said means forv transferring the vials fromthe'bottoming machine to said means, and means for` operating said stripping linger, substantially as' described. l 1

18. The combination with a vialv working machine, of a delivery mechanism therefor, said mechanism comprising opposed guide iio strips for engagement. with lthe sides ofthe.

for adjusting the posit-ion of certain of said gauge strips, and means for transierrlng the finished vials from the vvial Workingv ma.

chine to said strips, substantially as described.

14C. The combination with a vial working machine, of a delivery mechanism therefor, said mechanism comprising guide strips 'for engagement with the sides of Jdie finished vials, a gauge strip for cooperation with the bottoms of the inished vials, said strips forming a chamber therebetween, a spring` linger projecting into said chamber, and means for 'forcing the vials through said chamber against` the action of said spring finger, substantially as described.

l5. rlhe combination with a vial bottoming machine havingendless Acarriers provided with supports Jfor the finished vials,

of a delivery mechanism therefor, said mechanism comprising' guide strips having their upper ends curved to cooperate with the vials in the bottoming'machine, and having. their lower ends curved to provide a rial pocket, means i'or adjusting the position off certain of said strips, gauge strips cooperatingl therewith, means for adjusting Jche position of certain of said gauge strips, and means for forcing the finished vials from the bottoming machine into e'ngagemen with said strips, substantially as described'. n

In testimony whereof, We have hereunto set our hands.

BENJAMIN T. BRADLEY. DAVID IRVIN DU BGlS-- 

